Boswell's Clap and Other Essays : Medical Analyses of Literary Men's Afflictions

Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1979. A clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is bright. No chips. No tears. No creases. No fading. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrations. The author is a pathologist by training and practice, more specifically a histopathologist. Ten essays on the afflictions of famous literary figures: 1) Boswell's Clap; 2) Swinburne's Masochism: Neuropathology and Psychopathology; 3) Lady Chatterley's What?; 4) Drowsed with the Fume of Poppies, Opium and John Keats; 5) Madness and Poetry: A Note on Collins, Cowper, and Smart; 6) Chekhov among the Doctors: The Doctor's Dilemma; 7) William Carlos Williams, M.D.: Physician as Poet; 8) The Earl of Rochester and Ejaculatio Praecox; 9) Thomas Shadwell: His Exitus Revis'd; 10) Did Socrates Die of Hemlock Poisoning? List of chapter notes/sources. Bound in the original gilt-lettered brown cloth. From the publisher: "Boswell's plight is but one [topic] explored here, as erudite and amusing pathologist William Ober shows how medical information and insights can illuminate and perhaps resolve certain literary problems." Keywords: James Boswell. Samuel Johnson. Medical history. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition/Near Fine DJ (price clipped). 8vo. xiv, 291pp.